Secrecy surrounds Eagle Mountain talks for proposed data center

1 of 4 View 4 Items Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Eagle Mountain is pictured on on Monday, May 21, 2018. City officials, as well as representatives of Utah state agencies, say they can’t reveal the name of the company looking to build a data center on 500 acres of “green fields” near the Utah County community due to ongoing contract talks. Related Links West Jordan falls to New Mexico’s sweetheart deal for Facebook data center West Jordan pulls plug on Facebook data center deal Secret moves to lure Facebook data center to West Jordan questioned EAGLE MOUNTAIN — Ghosts of a failed Facebook data center bid are haunting an Eagle Mountain effort to close a similar deal with a yet-unnamed tech company. While public officials involved with the quest are citing ongoing contract negotiations as the basis for protecting the company’s identity, statements made in discussions about the project indicate it’s likely one of the Bay Area giants. Google, Apple and Facebook have all been actively engaged in building new, big server farms in the U.S., according to reports. But secrecy surrounding the project — and worries that a potentially higher payday the large project could bring for schools could be lost because of promised tax breaks — is again looming over the potential deal. At least one public official is already troubled by the process. Much like the one that occurred two years ago. Heather Tuttle Eagle Mountain data center In 2016, Salt Lake County officials led the… [Read full story]